ū
See also: Appendix:Variations of "u"
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Translingual
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The letter u with a macron.
See also
- (Latin script): Aa Bb Cc Dd Ee Ff Gg Hh Ii Jj Kk Ll Mm Nn Oo Pp Qq Rr Sſs Tt Uu Vv Ww Xx Yy Zz
- (Variations of letter U): Úú Ùù Ŭŭ Ûû Ǔǔ Ůů Üü Ǘǘ Ǜǜ Ǚǚ Ǖǖ Űű Ũũ Ṹṹ Ųų Ūū Ṻṻ Ủủ Ȕȕ Ȗȗ Ưư Ứứ Ừừ Ữữ Ửử Ựự Ụụ Ṳṳ Ṷṷ Ṵṵ Ʉʉ ᵾ ᶙ ᴜ Ｕｕ Ꜷꜷ Ȣȣ ᵫ
- (Letters using macron sign or underline sign): Āā Ǟǟ Ḇḇ C̄c̄ Ḏḏ Ēē Ḕḕ Ḗḗ Ḡḡ ẖ Īī Ḹḹ Ḻḻ Ṉṉ Ōō Ȫȫ Ṑṑ Ṓṓ Ṝṝ Ṟṟ Ṯṯ Ūū Ǘǘ Ǖǖ Ṻṻ Ȳȳ Ẕẕ Ǣǣ
Hawaiian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Maori ū.
Noun
ū
- breast
- udder
Derived terms
- waiū (“breastmilk”)
Verb
ū
- (stative) to drip
- (stative) moist, soaked, oozing
Derived terms
- hoʻoū, hoʻū (“to moisten, to soak or wet something”)
Japanese
Romanization
ū
- Rōmaji transcription of うう
- Rōmaji transcription of うー
- Rōmaji transcription of ウー
Latgalian
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The thirty-second letter of the Latgalian alphabet, called ū and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, Ģ ģ, H h, I i, Y y, Ī ī, J j, K k, Ķ ķ, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Latvian
Etymology
Proposed in 1908 as part of the new Latvian spelling by the scientific commission headed by K. Mīlenbahs, which was accepted and began to be taught in schools in 1909. Prior to that, Latvian had been written in German Fraktur, and sporadically in Cyrillic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [uː]
Letter
Ū
ū (lower case, upper case Ū)
- The thirtieth letter of the Latvian alphabet, called garais u and written in the Latin script.
See also
- Letters of the Latvian alphabet:
- burti: Aa, Āā, Bb, Cc, Čč, Dd, Ee, Ēē, Ff, Gg, Ģģ, Hh, Ii, Īī, Jj, Kk, Ķķ, Ll, Ļļ, Mm, Nn, Ņņ, Oo, Pp, Rr, Ss, Šš, Tt, Uu, Ūū, Vv, Zz, Žž
Lithuanian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /uː/
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Lithuanian alphabet, called u ilgoji and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ą ą, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ę ę, Ė ė, F f, G g, H h, I i, Į į, Y y, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ų ų, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Livonian
Pronunciation
- (phoneme) IPA(key): /uː/
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The thirty-sixth letter of the Livonian alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) kēratēḑ; A a, Ā ā, Ä ä, Ǟ ǟ, B b, D d, Ḑ ḑ, E e, Ē ē, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, Ļ ļ, M m, N n, Ņ ņ, O o, Ō ō, Ȯ ȯ, Ȱ ȱ, Õ õ, Ȭ ȭ, P p, R r, Ŗ ŗ, S s, Š š, T t, Ț ț, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
Maori
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The seventeenth letter of the Maori alphabet, written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, E e, Ē ē, H h, I i, Ī ī, K k, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, T t, U u, Ū ū, W w, Ng ng, Wh wh
Etymology 1
From Proto-Polynesian *susu. Compare Hawaiian ū.
Noun
ū
- breast
- udder, teat
Derived terms
- waiū (“breastmilk”)
Verb
ū
- to strike home, to hit the mark (as of a weapon)
- to land (as of a vessel), to come ashore
- to comply
- (stative) to be firm, fixed, unyielding
Min Nan
| For pronunciation and definitions of ū – see 有 (“to have; to possess; there is; to exist; etc.”). (This character, ū, is the Pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 有.) |
Samogitian
Letter
ū (upper case Ū)
- The twenty-ninth letter of the Samogitian alphabet, called ėlguojė ū and written in the Latin script.
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž
See also
- (Latin-script letters) A a, Ā ā, B b, C c, Č č, D d, E e, Ē ē, Ė ė, Ė̄ ė̄, F f, G g, H h, I i, Ī ī, J j, K k, L l, M m, N n, O o, Ō ō, P p, R r, S s, Š š, T t, U u, Ū ū, V v, Z z, Ž ž